Terezia Beer
"Speak up so it cannot happen again. "
Name at birth
Terezia Grunzweig
Date of birth
05/28/1915
Where were you born?
Where did you grow up?
Budapest, Hungary
Name of father, occupation
Adolf Grunzweig
Maiden name of mother, occupation
Jenny
Immediate family (names, birth order)
Parents Adolf and Jenny, children Roszi, Ilus, Margit, Jeno, Hugo, Terezia
Who survived the Holocaust?
Everyone survived except Hugo
Terezia was in and out of hiding during the war. At one point, she got papers from a Christian policeman, a righteous Gentile (unfortunately I never found him or his wife). My father was engaged to my mom and helped her to survive. He got her out of a schoolyard as they were being rounded up to be deported to Auschwitz.
Where were you in hiding?
In Budapest and in the countryside.
Where did you go after being liberated?
Stayed in Budapest until 1957
When did you come to the United States?
October, 1957
Where did you settle?
Detroit, Michigan
How is it that you came to Michigan?
Terezia's husband's aunt lived in Detroit and she sponsored them.
Occupation after the war
Seamstress
When and where were you married?
February, 1945 in Budapest, Hungary
Spouse
Zoltan Beer ,
Stock man
Children
Suzi (Jonathan) Colman
Grandchildren
Aaron, Max, Aiken, Talia and Jae
What do you think helped you to survive?
My mom had a very strong personality and my dad was also strong. He saved my mom in the schoolyard where the Germans were rounding up the Jews for deportation to Auschwitz.
What message would you like to leave for future generations?
Speak up so it cannot happen again.
Interviewer:
Information provided by daughter, Suzi Colman
Interview date:
01/14/2026
